How Advertising on Twitter Works

4/2/2013 6:57PM

Twitter relaunched its site for businesses, hoping to encourage more companies to use its network for advertising. How does Twitter make money in the tweet business? What services does it offer? WSJ's Jason Bellini has the Short Answer.

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